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How to fit a bargain bulkhead compass

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I bought Stardance, a 21ft Corribee, in Inverness for the grand total of £720. I left her there over the winter and sailed her home to Lossiemouth the following spring.

The yacht was sound and sailed very well, but the interior was basic and needed work, plus I wanted a bulkhead-mounted compass that was easily visible from the cockpit.

Looking in the chandlery catalogues they

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